Lothar Binding

Lothar Binding (born 1 April 1950 in Sandershausen, Niestetal) is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Early life

Binding was born in Sandershausen. After his apprenticeship as a heavy- current electrician (1965–1968) he graduated Hesse College (Abitur) in 1972. Following his national civil service as a nurse’s helper he studied mathematics, physics and philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg and Tübingen. In 1981 he obtained a Diplom degree in mathematics and physics at Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg.

Following his Diplom Binding worked as a technician and from 1987 until 1998 as an IT specialist at the Computer Center of Heidelberg University where he was responsible for planning, creating and operating local networks and high speed networks for data processing.

Binding is married and has two sons.

Political career

In 1965, Binding joined both the SPD and the Metal Industry Union (IGM). From 1986 until 1994 he served as the chairman of the SPD district association in Heidelberg. In 1989, he was elected to the city council and in 1994 he became chairman of the SPD faction of Heidelberg until 2000.